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1992

William Maupins, Duluth's premier civil rights leader, dies. He served as president of the Duluth NAACP chapter, and, when an African American family was prevented from moving into a Duluth neighborhood, he launched a campaign that led to a city fair-housing ordinance. He also organized a food drive for poor African Americans in Mississippi; when white truckers in the South tried to block the shipments, he persuaded Duluth teamsters to deliver the food.
From The Minnesota Book of Days (Minnesota Historical Society Press).

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